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Colleges and Universities RSS FeedsConcert of French music is the perfect pre-Valentine's date - The Department of Music presents "La Nuit Romantique (avec violoncelle)," a concert of music in the French tradition, on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Fortune Recital Hall, Cummings Arts Center. ...Feed Source: www.conncoll.edu Expert to discuss youth and social injustice - As part of its mission to prepare students for lives of civic engagement and create more just and equitable communities, Connecticut College's Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy is hosting a series of events that offer opportunities for students, faculty, staff and community experts to discuss the pressing issues of our time. ... Gallery talk, reception for contemporary Latin art exhibit - "So many artists from so many countries doing work in so many textures, colors and styles." ... Dance conference features public performances - The Connecticut College Department of Dance will host the American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA)'s New England Conference Feb. 8-11. ... College celebrates Black History Month with convocation - Connecticut College will kick off Black History Month celebrations with a convocation on Monday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in the 1941 Room of The College Center at Crozier-Williams. ... onStage at Connecticut College presents the Brentano String Quartet Feb. 17 - In celebration of its 20th season, the Brentano String Quartet will bring its newest program, "Fragments: Connecting Past and Present," to Connecticut College on Friday, Feb. 17. The performance, part of the onStage at Connecticut College series, is at 8 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center. ... Chamber music recital honors College's Centennial - The College's Centennial celebrations continue in 2012, with the Department of Music presenting
"Centennial Chamber Music Recital - Then and Now" on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center. ... Women's Center to host symposium on reproductive rights - The Connecticut College Women's Center will host "When Justice Has a Body: A Symposium on Reproductive Rights" on Friday, Feb. 3. This event, which is open to the public, will provide members of the community an opportunity to explore the history and contemporary issues related to abortion and reproductive rights in America. ... Alex Brown Jazz Quartet to perform on campus Feb. 1 - The Connecticut College Department of Music is pleased to present the Alex Brown Jazz Quartet in concert on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. in Fortune Recital Hall. ... 'From Dr. King to the Occupy Movement' - Months before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference created the Poor People's Campaign, an organization still in existence, to address issues of economic justice and housing for the poor in the United States. ... Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show - The widening achievement gap between affluent and low-income students has received less attention than the divide between white and black students, which has narrowed significantly.
... 10 States Given Waivers From ?No Child Left Behind? Law - The states ? Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, New Jersey and Tennessee ? will have to set new performance targets.
... Tuba Thefts Plague California Schools - The popularity of banda music, in which the tuba plays a dominant role, is seen by some as the cause of a recent rash of thefts.
... Chicago News Cooperative: Suburban Chicago Schools Lag as Bilingual Needs Grow - Chicago?s suburbs are home to an increasing number of Latino and other immigrant families, but schools there frequently fail to meet state rules to provide bilingual programs.
... The Texas Tribune: Austin and Rio Grande Valley Both Want Texas? Next Four-Year Medical School - A focus on health-care education in Texas may result in a new four-year medical school, but both sophisticated Austin and the poverty-stricken Rio Grande Valley want it.
... Virginia Home Schoolers Make a Play to Join High School Teams - A bill in Virginia would permit home-schooled students to play varsity sports at public high schools, raising concerns about fairness, recruiting and oversight.
... F.B.I. Seeks Victims of School Aide Accused of Sex Abuse - Investigators returned to an elementary school in Crown Heights to continue an inquiry after a teacher?s aide, Taleek Brooks, was charged on Tuesday with producing child pornography, possibly at the school.
... School Aide Accused of Abusing Students in Videos - The aide, Taleek Brooks, 40, may have made the videos of sexual acts with students inside Public School 243, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, law enforcement officials said.
... National Briefing | West: California: More Sex-Abuse Charges - A second teacher from Miramonte Elementary School in South Los Angeles, Martin Springer, was charged with child molesting on Tuesday.
... School Linked to Sex-Abuse Claims Will Replace Faculty - The Los Angeles Unified School District announced the move to parents after two teachers at Miramonte Elementary School were arrested last week on accusations of sexual abuse.
... On Education: Despite Focus on Data, Standards for Diploma May Still Lack Rigor - Grading instructions with sample answers suggest that the bar to pass the New York State English Regents exam is surprisingly low.
... International Students Pay Top Dollar at U.S. Colleges - At the University of Washington, 18 percent of the freshmen are foreigners, and each pays about three times as much as students from Washington State.
... Smaller Colleges Rely on Paid Student Recruiters Overseas - Green River Community College, south of Seattle, has enrolled 1,400 international students this year, most of them recruited by agents who get 15 percent of the $9,732 first-year tuition.
... Pennsylvania Schools? Funding Fight Pits District Against Charter - The Chester Upland district?s fiscal woes ? it is bordering on insolvency ? are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.
... The Texas Tribune: Student Assessments Facing Stiff Backlash in Texas - Parents and educators are expressing strong concern about the central role of standardized testing in the assessment and overall education of their children and students.
... Chicago News Cooperative: Rahm Emanuel?s Comments in Video Upset Teachers Union - An interview with Mayor Rahm Emanuel is a highlight of a new video that criticizes the Chicago Teachers Union.
... Giants? Cruz Defied Odds at UMass - Victor Cruz, the Giants? leading receiver, followed a winding road to the N.F.L., including twice being kicked out of UMass for academic reasons.
... Beliefs: When Counseling and Conviction Collide ? Beliefs - The case of a woman who was expelled from a graduate counseling program highlights how religious views on sexual orientation provoke controversy in the profession.
... Rhodes Trust Gives Account of Quarterback?s Candidacy - The Rhodes Trust confirmed that it had put on hold the candidacy of the quarterback, Patrick J. Witt, upon learning that a fellow student had filed a complaint against him.
... Sallie Mae to Change Forbearance Fee Policy - A petition on Change.org helped bring about the lender?s new rule on forbearance fees.
... The Choice Blog: Claremont's President Says Lack of Proper Controls Led to SAT Misinformation - Pamela B. Gann, president of Claremont McKenna College, discussed the circumstances surrounding the submission of inaccurate SAT data and how her school can regain trust.
... Churches Push for Law Allowing Them to Remain in Public Schools - Advocates hope the State Senate will pass a bill in support of the New York City churches next week.
... The Texas Tribune: Arlington Hopes That New Stadium?s Glitter Rubs Off on Downtown - The University of Texas at Arlington?s new College Park Center is a $78 million, 7,000-seat special-events arena.
... Cruz Is Among Those Who Found Refuge at Paterson Catholic - Paterson Catholic High School, where Giants receiver Victor Cruz played football, was unable to survive the economic decline of Paterson, N.J. and was closed in 2010.
... Australian Universities Defend Alternative-Medicine Teaching - A group campaigning against alternative medicine has told Australian universities that they are risking their reputations by teaching subjects like chiropractic, homeopathy, iridology and reflexology.
... Briefly: Education: Collaboration Brings Google to French Business School - In "Google@HEC," a series of lectures, seminars and meetings for students will be led by digital entrepreneurs and Google employees.
... Immigrant Worker Firings Unsettle Pomona College - At Pomona College, dining hall employees were fired after questions about their residency status, prompting a debate over what it means to be a liberal college.
... Company Banned by State Department in Effort to Protect Foreign Students - Cetusa, a sponsor of a State Department work/travel program, was reviewed after 400 participants staged a walkout at a Hershey packing plant.
... In Yale Report, 52 Complaints of Sexual Misconduct - Yale University, in an effort to be more transparent about its handling of sexual misconduct, released a report detailing accusations including harassing remarks and rape.
... New York City High School Report Backs Smaller Institutions - New research last week showed that students at New York City?s growing crop of small public high schools had outperformed their counterparts at more traditional schools.
... Gaming the College Rankings - The academic world is dismayed, but not quite surprised, by news that Claremont McKenna fudged its numbers.
... Former Teacher, 61, Arrested in California on Abuse Charges - Mark Berndt, 61, who taught for 30 years, is accused of photographing children after taping their mouths shut and putting bugs on their faces.
... Claremont McKenna College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures - Claremont McKenna College said it submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings.
... After Mistake, A Mea Culpa From Vassar - Two days after 76 applicants were mistakenly told they had been accepted to Vassar College, the school?s president apologized for the confusion and said the college would reimburse the students? $65 application fees.
... Political Science | Women and Faith: Law Fuels Contraception Controversy on Catholic Campuses - Many Catholic colleges are pushing back against a ruling by the Obama administration that the new health care law requires insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control.
... SchoolBook: Middle Schools Start a New Chapter on Reading - To bolster student performance at some of the city?s lowest-performing middle schools, New York City is concentrating on boosting students? reading and writing skills.The Education Department and City Council have embarked on a plan to train teachers in literacy instruction for adolescents who read at a third- or fourth-grade level.
... SchoolBook: A New Worry for Educators: The Income Divide - The focus of educators in recent years has been on closing racial and ethnic gaps -- and the efforts appear to have had some success. But now comes news that the achievement gap between rich and poor is widening, The New York Times reports on Friday.
... SchoolBook: Amid Protesters? Disruptions, City Board Votes to Close 18 Schools and Truncate 5 - A city board voted to close 18 poor-performing schools and eliminate the middle school grades at five others, drawing howls of opposition from hundreds of teachers? union members, parents and students.
... The Choice Blog: College Is Increasingly Out of Reach for the Poor, Studies Find - Several studies indicate a growing education gap between the rich and the poor, which extends to college.
... The Choice Blog: Dean Wormer's Guide to Some Fantastic Colleges - Could the best college for you be one that doesn't exist?
... The Choice Blog: Fake Data Did Not Affect Rank, But Claremont Remains Off Best 100 List - Kiplinger magazine will not restore Claremont McKenna College to its list, even after discovering that the school's false numbers did not affect its rank this year.
... The Choice Blog: Do Asian-Americans Face Bias in Admissions at Elite Colleges? - Discrimination charges against Harvard and Princeton Universities have led to questions regarding discrimination against Asian-Americans at elite colleges.
... How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life - Should a stadium (or court) be at the center of college culture? How football and basketball hijacked the American campus.
... Editorial: Successes of Small Schools - A study provides sound evidence that New York City students at small, specialized high schools are more likely to graduate than students in large, traditional high schools.
... Room for Debate: Do Unpaid Internships Exploit College Students? - Should the government get tough to protect unpaid interns, or are internships a win-win?
... Lives: Dazed and Confused - How skipping school in late-?70s New York became a lesson in the costs of dropping out.
... Economix Blog: Answers to Reader Questions About Law School - The Times?s David Segal responds to reader questions prompted by his series on legal education.
... Room for Debate: English Is Global, So Why Learn Arabic? - Lawrence Summers says the emergence of English as the lingua franca makes learning other languages less vital. Does he have a point?
... The Learning Network Blog: Please Join Us: Student Facebook Chat With a Times Reporter - We're inviting students, teachers and youth sports coaches to join The Learning Network and John Branch, a sports reporter, for a live Facebook chat at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.
... The Learning Network Blog: Fill-In | Valentine's Day - Fill in the blanks in the paragraphs taken from this classic 2012 Modern Love column, "Explaining the Irrational: Here Goes " Use your own words and phrases, or from a scrambled list of the words or phrases that were removed.
... The Learning Network Blog: 6 Q's About the News | Underweight, Underage and on the Runway - 6 Q's About the News | The fashion industry is having difficulties ensuring that models are not underage and underweight.
... The Learning Network Blog: Should Home-Schoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports? - Should Virginia pass a "Tim Tebow bill"?
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